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Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors /

Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? A preeminent American historian addresses these issues in light of...

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Основен автор: Maier, Charles S.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Издание: 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282378
Подобни документи: Print version:: Among empires.
Съдържание:
  • I: Recurring structures
  • The imperial arena
  • What is an empire?
  • Frontiers
  • "Call it peace"
  • II: America's turn
  • Highland Park and Hiroshima
  • Frontiers and forces in the Cold War
  • An empire of production
  • An empire of consumption
  • The vase of Uruk.